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Review: In James Gunn’s DC-Verse, Supergirl May be Derivative, but She’s a Heroine in Her Own Right Nevertheless

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Review: Lacking Momentum and Charisma, Rom-Com Your Place or Mine Squanders the Best of the Genre

As has been proven time and time again, making a contemporary rom-com that both entertains and endears itself onto its audiences is tricky business. All too often, recent entries into […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • February 10, 2023
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    Review: Sharper Uses a Flexible Storytelling Structure and Strong Cast to Create a Gripping Neo-Noir

    In a slight twist in the recent trend in movies to stick it to the rich, first-time director Benjamin Caron’s Sharper has nearly every character trying to stick it to […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Least Impressive of the Franchise, Magic Mike’s Last Dance Glimpses Moments of Strip-Tease Greatness

    Whereas the original Magic Mike wasn’t afraid to explore the seedier side of male stripping and Magic Mike XXL leaned more into the joy of dancing and how power could […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: With Few Visuals and Limited Narrative, The Outwaters Is a Frustrating, if Brutal, Low-Budget Thriller

    Perhaps it’s not so surprising that the new horror offering The Outwaters is being released in the immediate aftermath of the much-talked-about Skinamarink, since both films have an experimental visual […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Sundance Review: Female Friendship and Film Noir Combine in a Savage, Atmospheric Eileen

    One of the higher-profile works at Sundance this year (at least in terms of star power) was director William Oldroyd’s (Lady Macbeth) noir-ish tale of a female friendship gone horribly […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2023
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    Sundance Review: Fair Play Explores Volatile Gender Dynamics at Work and at Home

    Rarely does a first-time director launch out of the gate with as much force and conviction as writer-director Chloe Domont does with Fair Play, a work that examines the power […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2023
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    Sundance Review: STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie Shares the Actor’s Triumphs, Struggles and Sense of Humor

    My only significant complaint about director Davis Guggenheim’s (An Inconvenient Truth, He Named Me Malala) Michael J. Fox documentary STILL is that it isn’t long enough. The film spends ample […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 10, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Full Time Creates a Life in Constant Motion as Single Mom Fights to Keep Her Life Together

    Full Time is set in Paris, that glamorous city of our dreams—but everything that happens to our heroine, Julie (Laure Calamy) happens every day to single moms everywhere trying to keep […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 10, 2023
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    Review: Good and Bad Habits—Acid Nun, by Corinne Halbert

    We rarely see the bright side of horror. Mostly connected with darkness and gloom, the genre reluctantly explores color and light. Not always. In the hands of a few auteurs, […]

  • Dan Kelly
  • February 9, 2023
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    Review: Lyric Opera’s Hip-Hopera The Factotum Is a Cut Above

    Barbershops and beauty salons are important cultural hubs for communities of color. “In my day, a barber was more than just somebody who sit around in a FUBU shirt with […]

  • Karin McKie
  • February 9, 2023
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    Your Chicago Curated Weekend: 2/9 and Beyond

    It’s technically speaking Valentines weekend and there are so many great markets, shows and food otiions for you to partake in! Don;t delay and head out and enjoy all the […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • February 9, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Film fest , Review

    Sundance Review: Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) Chronicles Iconic Album Covers and the Studio That Designed Them

    From master photographer and Control director Anton Corbijn comes his documentary debut, Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis). The film is set in the days when album-oriented rock music […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 8, 2023
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